bgg@pta.oz.au (Ben Golding) (04/04/91)
One of my users has asked whether it's possible to make Elm display newly incorporated mail on the initial subject display when Elm starts up. At present, the initial subject display starts from the first message in the user's folder. My user has to step through many screens of pending messages to find his new mail and he doesn't like that. I've read through the manual thoroughly and I haven't found any options that relate to this. Have I missed something or will I just tell my user "that's how it works"? Ben.
mullins@convex.com (Don Mullins) (04/05/91)
In <6180@pta.oz.au> bgg@pta.oz.au (Ben Golding) writes: >One of my users has asked whether it's possible to make Elm display >newly incorporated mail on the initial subject display when Elm starts >up. At present, the initial subject display starts from the first >message in the user's folder. My user has to step through many screens >of pending messages to find his new mail and he doesn't like that. >I've read through the manual thoroughly and I haven't found any options >that relate to this. Have I missed something or will I just tell my >user "that's how it works"? > Ben. Ben, Sounds like you want to turn on pointnew in your elmrc. This is not on the options menu, but is a variable. This will make elm point to the fisrt new message at startup, if there is one. It works only on the users incoming mailbox. It also works on a resync ($) command, if you keep an elm running all the time, like I do. Don -- Don Mullins Convex Computer Corporation Richardson, Texas USA INTERNET: mullins@convex.COM -- UUCP: {uiucuxc, uunet, sun, ...}!convex!mullins
asg@sage.cc.purdue.edu (Bruce Varney) (04/05/91)
In article <6180@pta.oz.au> bgg@pta.oz.au (Ben Golding) writes: }One of my users has asked whether it's possible to make Elm display }newly incorporated mail on the initial subject display when Elm starts }up. At present, the initial subject display starts from the first }message in the user's folder. My user has to step through many screens }of pending messages to find his new mail and he doesn't like that. } }I've read through the manual thoroughly and I haven't found any options }that relate to this. Have I missed something or will I just tell my }user "that's how it works"? } } Ben. Have him set pointnew = ON . This will not keep from displaying old messages, but it will start up with the arrow (or reverse video bar) on the first New message in the folder. Hope that helps Bruce --------- sar.casm \'sa:r-.kaz-*m\ \sa:r-'kas-tik\ \-ti-k(*-)le-\ n [F sarcasme, fr. LL sarcasmos, fr. Gk sarkasmos, fr. sarkazein to tear flesh, bite the lips in rage, sneer, fr. sark-, sarx flesh; akin to Av thwar*s to cut] 1: a cutting, hostile, or contemptuous remark : GIBE 2: the use of caustic or ironic language - sar.cas.tic aj ### ## Courtesy of Bruce Varney ### # aka -> The Grand Master # asg@sage.cc.purdue.edu ### ##### # PUCC ### # ;-) # # ;'> # ##
gedwards@ncratl.AtlantaGA.NCR.COM (Gordon Edwards) (04/08/91)
In <6180@pta.oz.au> bgg@pta.oz.au (Ben Golding) writes: >One of my users has asked whether it's possible to make Elm display >newly incorporated mail on the initial subject display when Elm starts >up. At present, the initial subject display starts from the first >message in the user's folder. My user has to step through many screens >of pending messages to find his new mail and he doesn't like that. > > Ben. From the Elm main menu select 'o' for the options menu. On this menu select 'S' for Sorting Criteria. Keep hitting the space bar until 'Reverse Date Mail Sent' is displayed. This will make the newest message display on the opening screen, the oldest messages will come last. -- ============================================================================= Gordon Edwards, N4VPH | "Nothing Unreal Exists" NCR Engineering & Manufacturing | gedwards@ncratl.atlantaga.ncr.com | Kiri-Kin-Tha's First Law of Metaphysics